An automated installation system, constructed to install tangless helically coiled inserts, includes an installation tool, a track, and an insert separator device. The tool includes a nozzle body defining a through-bore extending along an insertion axis, and a mandrel adapted to reciprocate and rotate within the bore. The track defines a channel extending along a first centerline for the travel of inserts disposed in the channel and to the installation tool. The device is mounted to the track and includes a shuttle adapted to intersect and move in the channel. The shuttle defines a through-bore having an axis aligned to the first centerline when in a first position for acceptance of an insert from the channel, and is aligned to a second centerline for expulsion of the insert from the track and into the installation tool. The second centerline is offset from the first centerline, and intersects the insertion axis.